Things people don't notice about "The Giver"
The fighter jet on the first and second pages (suggesting a fairly stringent war economy)
The “patriotic hymn” (suggesting that the villages are part of a real country)
The hippo (Behemoth in Russian)
Characters named “Andrei” and “Katya”
“commerce” being one of the school classes
Infrared radiation being taught in science and technology classes